Seattle Seahawks running back Thomas Rawls practiced on Wednesday and is expected to be ready to go this Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.

“He feels good, he’s looking forward to being able to work through the week,” head coach Pete Carroll said during his Wednesday press conference. “We have to see what happens, but what bothered him is very slight and he should be fine.”

Rawls left the game with a bruised shoulder in the first half last Saturday and did not return. He doesn’t recall the specific play during which the injury occurred, but said the coaching staff and team doctors made the decision to keep him out in the second half.

“One thing about the organization, they are always real cautious of us,” Rawls told reporters at his locker on Wednesday. “I think the decision was a good one.”

The Seahawks have experienced no shortage of injuries at the running back position this season, and Carroll addressed the concern on Wednesday.

“Without question we have been on this topic a lot,” Carroll said. “With Thomas being hurt last year and trying to come back, there was all the talk through the off-season and all of that. Then he comes back and breaks his leg in the LA game and kind of sets us right back into that mode again. C.J. [Prosise] has been banged up throughout, he got, back looked great, then went out.

“It has been the topic of the year, I think, very specific to that position. It is a big risk position, it’s no question, and some guys can just keep going and chugging.”

Thomas Rawls is no exception.

“I’m excited to go this week,” Rawls said. “Right after that game, I knew that my injury wasn’t that bad and that I’d be back out there.”

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